X-Men: Apocalypse is a catastrophic event for the mutant superhero franchise. The series reached an apex with 2014’s Days of Future Past, which successfully merged two Read More

In Shane Black’s grand tradition of gruff-and-morbid buddy comedies comes The Nice Guys, which is a comedy delivered at blunt-force, with a sly smirk. It’s goofily Read More

After Neighbors became a huge hit in 2014, the pitch for a sequel was probably an easy one. “Let’s do the same thing, except instead of Read More

Most disappointing about The Angry Birds Movie is that it disproves the notion that all modern animated films are rich and wonderful gems. It’s easy to Read More

Woody Allen may have retreated to nostalgia but the Woody Allen films of the 1980s (Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors) of self-absorbed intellectual Read More

At the conclusion of the high-profile hostage situation in Money Monster, the cameraman documenting the drama for a worldwide audience turns his camera off and sets Read More

The opening scene of High-Rise reveals that the discord between social classes in the titular housing development turns chaotic, to put it mildly. It’s getting back Read More

In this boldly efficient house of cards that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), carefully constructed by Kevin Feige and overwhelmingly, consistently successful both in monetary Read More

There are multiple ways to approach the TCM Classic Film Festival, all of them highly rewarding, and the annual event in Hollywood (now in its seventh Read More